Apparently, Rob Reiner, who directed the movie, had to leave the set during the Miracle Max scene because he couldn't stop laughing and kept ruining the takes. He also laughed so hard it made him nauseous.

A fun fact: the only injury Mandy Patinkin sustained during filming was a bruised rib. He got it holding in his laughter while filming with Billy Crystal.

Vizzini's death scene: He laughs maniacally, then suddenly freezes mid-laugh, a grin permanently frozen on his face, and falls over, dead.

Prior to it, we got this brilliant gem:

Man in Black: Truly you have a dizzying intellect. Vizzini: Wait 'til I get going! Where was I? Man in Black: Australia. Vizzini: Yes, Australia. And you must have suspected I would have known the powder's origin, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me. Man in Black: You're just stalling now. Vizzini:You'd like to think that, wouldn't you?! (continues stalling)

When the Albino wakes up Westley, first by speaking in a stereotypically raspy voice for an Igor, and then clearing his throat and speaking with a slight cockney accent.

The justly-named "Impressive Clergyman" from the infamous wedding scene arguably stole all the attention during the heroes' storming of the villain's castle. "Mawage. Mawage is wot bwings us togevvah tooday. Mawage, that bwessed awangment, that dweam wifin a dweam..." Note that while the Impressive Clergyman's speech impediment is Played for Laughs, Andre the Giant's actual speech impediment is not.

Near the end of the movie, Westley instructs Buttercup to tie Humperdinck to a chair. There's a cut to Inigo racing down the hall, while offscreen Westley says "Make it as tight as you like"...followed by an agonized grunt from Humperdinck.

Westley: [pausing and looking around] It's actually not that bad. Buttercup: [looks at him in disbelief]Westley: Oh, I'm not saying I'd like to build a summer home here, but the trees are actually quite lovely.

The R.O.U.S.'s.

Buttercup: What about the R.O.U.S.'s? Westley: Rodents of unusual size? I don't think they exist. [A ROUS immediately attacks him]

As Buttercup is about to commit suicide by stabbing herself in the heart:

Westley: There is a shortage of perfect breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours.

Man In Black: I do not envy the headache that you will have when you awake, but till then, sleep well...and dream of large women.

Prince Humperdinck gets a few of his own:

She is alive, or was an hour ago. If she is otherwise when I find her...I shall be very put out.

Then this exchange with Rugen:

Rugen: Ah. Are you coming down into the pit? Wesley's got his strength back. I'm starting him on the machine tonight.

Humperdinck: Tyrone, you know how much I love watching you work, but I've got my country's 500th anniversary to plan, my wedding to arrange, my wife to murder and Guilder to frame for it; I'm swamped.

Rugen: Get some rest. If you haven't got your health, then you haven't got anything.

When Buttercup tries to escape her captors by jumping overboard:

Vizzini: Jump in after her!

Inigo: I don't swim.

Fezzik: I only dog paddle. *motions*

Vizzini: AGGHH!

When Inigo has Rugen on the run, the Count eludes the Spainiard briefly by running into a room and locking the door behind him. Inigo, in a full panic that Rugen might get away, starts running and ramming himself against the door, trying to break it down, and screaming for Fezzik to help him out. Fezzik calmly walks up, stops Inigo from hitting the door, and punches it off its hinges with one fist. Then calmly turns and walks away as Inigo resumes the chase.

The entirety of Westley's "To the Pain" speech to Humperdinck, for how over-the-top his description is, commenting that Humperdinck would be "wallowing in freakish misery forever", and the various insults he throws at him, including such gems as "you miserable vomitous mass" and "you warthog-faced buffoon".

The look on Humperdinck's face after the last one (actually the first Westley said to him), followed by him visibly struggling for control as he says "That may be the first time in my life a man has dared insult me."

The book has a hilarious scene that didn't make it into the movie. After passing through a gauntlet of deadly animals to get to the Pit of Despair, Inigo and Fezzik reach an empty hallway going straight to a door. The narration explains that the emptiness is designed to lull intruders into a false sense of security so they'll immediately go for the door and awaken the venomous spider inside, which will bite and kill them. Great detail is devoted to how deadly this spider is. However, Fezzik is so frightened by nothing that he bolts and smashes through the door, "not even bothering with the niceties of the knob." Inigo goes to follow him, but notices a tiny spider skittering out from the wreckage of the door, which he promptly crushes with his boot.

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